The Traitors champions, Stephen and Rachel, are still waiting to receive their prize money, despite their victory on the programme. The BBC series concluded tonight with a surprising twist following a highly dramatic finale.
Nevertheless, the victors are unlikely to have collected their prize fund as yet. The programme is filmed months before broadcast, meaning it takes considerable time for the full payment to be processed by the show's producers.
This has been the situation for both last year's champions, Jake and Leanne, and the year before's winner, Harry. Jake and Leanne revealed to Daily Mirror: "We haven't spent any of the prize money, none of it has gone yet.
"We apologised to Frankie and Alexander straight away for voting them out. We want Alexander to find a nice wife; everyone loves him."
The same applied to Harry Clark, who claimed victory on the BBC programme the year before and didn't receive his prize winnings until months afterwards.
He remembered following his triumph: "I'd won, but then I had to go back to work and I couldn't tell anyone so I sort of just wanted to forget about it. And now it's like reliving it and being able to tell everyone that I've actually won The Traitors series two," reports the Mirror.
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"I felt like I was lying even more. I had a month where I had to lie to people and build connections on a lie and then I get home and then I've got to carry on lying for four months again, just even about being on the show - let alone winning it. So it's been a relief, last night was a massive relief because it's like, 'Oh okay, I don't need to lie for a bit now so I can chill out.'"
He also confessed he hadn't yet received the cash, despite being crowned the victor. He joked: "It's mad, isn't it? I can't really believe it. I can't even explain it because, well, one: I haven't got the money yet, so that's probably why. And two: I just can't believe it. Like I still can't believe it."
It's fairly typical for contestants on the BBC programme not to receive their prize money until considerably later. This series offered a staggering £120,000, which participants earned by completing tasks.
On Celebrity Traitors, the format differed, with £100,000 available to win. Ultimately, champion Alan Carr secured an impressive £87,500 for the charity Neuroblastoma UK, which aids children battling the rare form of cancer.
Aaron Evans, Hannah Byczkowski, and Meryl Williams triumphed in the inaugural series, with Aaron handing it over to his mother for safekeeping and Hannah purchasing a vehicle to tour as a full-time stand-up comic. Meryl spent the winnings on forehead surgery.
Harry Clark, who triumphed in the second series, gave his parents a portion of the money and spent some on his first property, whilst also helping to clear some minor debts.
During the third series, Leanne Quigley and Jake Brown split the prize fund, with Jake using his share to take his wife on holiday and promote awareness of cerebral palsy, whilst Leanne used the money to support her family and plan her wedding.
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